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Wikipedia articles needing copy edit
This Copy Editing Backlog Elimination Drive was a one-month-long effort of the
Guild of Copy Editors to reduce the backlog of articles that require copyediting, signified with the {{
copyedit }} tag. Please make sure that you know
how to copyedit and that you are familiar with the
Wikipedia Manual of Style before you begin copyediting. The drives are under the purview of the Guild's
coordinators . The lead coordinator is
SMasters (
talk ), and he is assisted by
Diannaa (
Talk ) ,
The Utahraptor
Talk , and
Tea with toast (
talk ). If you have any questions, leave a message on the drive's talk page. This drive began on 1 January 2011 00:00 UTC and ended on 31 January 2011 23:59 UTC.
The goals of this backlog elimination drive were to eliminate as many months as possible from the 2009 articles and to reduce the overall backlog by 10%. We also want to make sure the
Requests page is dealt with during the drive, but we will not be awarding double word count this month for articles from the Requests page. Articles from that source will count towards your total whether they have a copy edit tag on them or not, so please feel free to select from there when you are in the mood for a better-quality article to edit. Awards will be given out to those individuals who help reduce the size of the backlog.
The backlog elimination drive is open to all, and you do not need to be a member of the
Guild of Copy Editors to participate. However, you may want to consider joining, as membership has its benefits. For example, you can place a special "page in use" tag when you are copyediting, and another tag on the talk page when you finish. Please visit the Guild or the
main drive page for more information.
Full instructions for participants, tips, help for new copyeditors, useful tags, and details of the many barnstars available for the drive can be found on the
main drive page . Please read this page carefully before you begin.
GOCE January 2011 copy edit backlog elimination drive progress graphs
Gold Star Award Leaderboard (update your own numbers)
Articles
Words
5k+ Articles
1.
QueenMomCat (180)
Spock of Vulcan (192,096)
Chaosdruid (16)
2.
Diannaa (135)
QueenMomCat (181,009)
Spock of Vulcan (12)
3.
Spock of Vulcan (126)
Chaosdruid (157,462)
Lfstevens (9)
4.
Chaosdruid (57)
Lfstevens (103,126)
SMasters (7)
5.
Aichikawa (55)
Dianna (97,937)
Laurinavicius (5)
Progress Chart
Date
2009 articles remaining
Outstanding tags
Change since previous day
[N 1]
Change since beginning
[N 1]
31 December 2010
1807
5,151
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—
1 January 2011
1788
5,093
58
58
2 January 2011
1763
5,054
39
97
3 January 2011
1756
5,043
11
108
4 January 2011
1731
5,016
27
135
5 January 2011
1706
4,983
33
168
6 January 2011
1695
4,978
5
173
7 January 2011
1680
4,951
27
200
8 January 2011
1642
4,920
31
231
9 January 2011
1604
4,881
39
270
10 January 2011
1583
4,862
19
289
11 January 2011
1567
4,839
23
312
12 January 2011
1529
4,815
24
336
13 January 2011
1508
4,795
20
356
14 January 2011
1498
4,794
1
357
15 January 2011
1476
4,776
18
375
16 January 2011
1435
4,756
20
395
17 January 2011
1399
4,714
42
437
18 January 2011
1377
4,694
20
457
19 January 2011
1364
4,690
4
461
20 January 2011
1325
4,660
30
491
21 January 2011
1312
4,646
14
505
22 January 2011
1304
4,642
4
509
23 January 2011
1283
4,626
16
525
24 January 2011
1266
4,609
17
542
25 January 2011
1250
4,592
17
559
26 January 2011
1231
4,582
10
569
27 January 2011
1220
4,572
10
579
28 January 2011
1199
4,555
17
596
29 January 2011
1174
4,535
20
616
30 January 2011
1157
4,533
2
618
31 January 2011
1136
4,518
15
633
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Total words: 2,012
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Temple University, Japan Campus (436)
Completed
Angela Smith (squash player) (1849)
Completed
Kidnapping of Colleen Stan (1510)
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Resorte (555)
Completed
Maria Rusescu (248)
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Russian Social-Democratic Union of Youth (161)
Completed
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Talk )
01:25, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
reply
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Parrot training (1306)
Completed
Smithsonian Police (700)
Completed
Popular Front of India (2211)
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Orlyk family (401)
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Nakhatrana (198)
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Serendipity (film) (1,339)
Completed
Nola Fairbanks (454)
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Emichones (422)
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Arik Einstein (957)
Completed
Genghis Khan (pop group) (377)
Completed
Catch Me I'm Falling (164)
Completed
Liberalism in Mexico (493)
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Beyond the Pale (film) (611) --
Diannaa (
Talk )
01:25, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
reply
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The Shadows (4,335)
Completed
Memet Ali Alabora (550)
Completed
Before We Ruled the Earth (352)
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G.E.M. (1,952)
Completed
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar novel) (2,833)
Completed
European Arrest Warrant (3,416)
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Ruth Roman (566)
Completed
Round Rock, Texas (7,077) --
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talk to me
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reply
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Venkatraopalle (199)
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Susan Roces (775)
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Gabrielle Rozzi (345)
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So B. It (359)
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Sancti Spíritus, Cuba (707)
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Eric Radcliffe (481)
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Oktay Sinanoğlu (425)
Completed
Enten controversy (623)
Completed
Mongol invasion of Europe (4601)
Completed
The Debut (987)
Completed
Fu Szeto (1028)
Completed
WINKS (699)
Completed
Melbourne University Law Review (788)
Completed
Victoria Kovalchuk (817)
Completed
Cogne homicide (722)
Completed
Açık Radyo (2389)
Completed
National Democratic Alliance (India) (1128)
Completed
Pragathi Nagar (739)
Completed
Haveri District (708)
Completed
Dance of the Dead (film) (1855)
Completed
Michael Jackson (radio commentator) (1518)
Completed
Culture of Trinidad and Tobago (1216)
Completed
Laogai (2905)
Completed
Elfen Lied (3814)
Completed
Center for Citizen Initiatives (1748)
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Total words: 68,489
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Anhydrobiosis
Total articles: 9
Total words: 9440
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Completed
José Braulio Alemán 204
Completed
Emma Vyssotsky 119
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Frederick Karl Gampper, Jr. 207
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Dobsonville, Gauteng 217
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Jud Lew 187
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Michael Watford 88
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Panakas 226
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Primary Health Centre 248
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Fritz Schramma 133
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Nicholl–Lee–Nicholl 204
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New York State Bar Association 204
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Gary Parsons 198
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Nagarparkar 264
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Vladimir Miller 172
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Matt Spiegel 240
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The Pagemaster (video game) 142
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Treaty of Purandar (1665) 124
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Elum Ghar 296
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Partido Galeguista (1978) 208
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Apocrine sweat gland 130 Y --
Tea with toast
(talk)
05:10, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
reply
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Sahibzada Farooq Ali 187
Completed
The Amityville Horror (film series) 115
Completed
B. Shivaraman 180
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The Gift (Seether song) 209
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The Last Song (Theory of a Deadman song) 113
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Ghazal Al Banat 172
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UnCivil Liberties 107
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Vadim Zeeland 137
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Susie Raynor 169
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Anna Sforza 140
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Qayyumabad 156
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Poly-Turf 222
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Duggondi 45
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Peteru 235
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Harinath Policharla 139
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Larry Rudolph 109
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Kasriel Hirsch Sarasohn 183
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Cooperative Research and Development Agreement 127
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John Dowling (Australian rules footballer) 96
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Adoor 449
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Clint Eastwood 11454 (edit was started in December; starting word count was 15978; 11454 of this will be done in January)
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New Lamka 151
Completed
Vendor finance 177
Completed
Landlords insurance 156
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Paperlinx 197
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Manjeet Kullar 127
Completed
Restoration of Gregorian chants 234 Y --
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(talk)
05:10, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
reply
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Science project 224
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LaTur 118 Y --
Tea with toast
(talk)
05:10, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
reply
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Raging Planet 190
Completed
Dolno Srpci 240
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Keinath 186
Completed
Norman Fisher (public servant) 97
Completed
Zulfiqar Ali Khosa 117
Completed
Aliabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 187
Completed
Shunt generator 79
Completed
Estonian Diplomatic Service (1940–1991) 178
Completed
Daniel Patrick Höhl 127
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The Jerk (dance) 202
Completed
Kaii-Yōkai Denshō Database 128
Completed
Kalimah 226
Completed
Preston Nichols 105
Completed
Mahabir Prasad Asthana 153
Completed
BA-X 290
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Kondapur 180
Completed
Soan Sakaser Valley 283
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Poomala 203
Completed
Assembly of Yahweh 307
Completed
Wilfrid Kalaugher 163
Completed
Sgiath Chuil 117
Completed
Awlad Himayd 269
Completed
George Giatsis 160
Completed
Bhindar Kalan 171
Completed
Morning star (candlestick pattern) 244
Completed
Kolanpak 229
Completed
Javier Payeras 111
Completed
Belkofski, Alaska 184
Completed
Dhahi Khalfan Tamim 72
Completed
Sukhishvili University 85
Completed
Sakha Canadian 54
Completed
Jastrebarsko concentration camp 234 (Merged with
Labour camp Jastrebarsko and cleaned up)
Completed
HP Mini 210 19
Completed
V. Surendran Pillai 72
Completed
St. Joseph's (English Medium) High School 79
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Parsa Conservation Program 48
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Khalakhaljid Sands 66
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Luis Hurtado de Mendoza y Pacheco, 2nd Marquis of Mondejar 76
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Odsúdené 147
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Lake Milk 120
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Dr Eso Sadiković 117
Completed
Sampurna Nagar 143
Completed
Mikeyla 66
Completed
Tiger S 61
Completed
Villa Villekulla 145
Completed
Belomorets Svetlen 131
Completed
Gusar light cavalry 171 (merged into
Hussar )
Completed
Happy slapping 928
Completed
Peleş Castle 2230
Completed
Early infanticidal childrearing 933
Completed
War of the Castilian Succession 4239
Completed
Bloody Sunday (1939) 2039
Completed
Liahona Academy 548
Completed
Thompson Rivers University 1597
Completed
WSAN 1995
Completed
Thompson Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League 1644
Completed
Graeme Danby 392
Completed
Mohite (Maratha clan) 544
Completed
Meelick-Eyrecourt 783
Completed
Demofilo 805
Completed
Harjinder Singh Dilgeer 235
Completed
Arinola Olasumbo Sanya 145 (after removing
WP:Copyvio section)
Completed
Fazilka 1196
Completed
Ku-ring-gai Creative Arts High School 828
Completed
Jakarta International Film Festival 3062
Completed
Dan Braun 1386
Completed
Canopus class battleship 1301
Completed
Mantra-Rock Dance 1652
Completed
Led Zeppelin discography 531
Completed
Sudhnati District 194
Completed
Matt Rogelstad 379
Completed
Larry Powers 38
Completed
Miriam Leone 146
Completed
Kuchaikote, Bihar 220
Completed
Sha Na Na 1607
Completed
Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger 728 Y There were some spelling errors that were overlooked in this article. Please be aware of this for future editing. If you would like a tip to help find spelling errors when copy editing, I prefer to use a web browser (like Firefox) that underlines misspelled words in the edit box. --
Tea with toast
(talk) 05:10, 23 January 2011 (UTC) OK! Thanks for the tip. Firefox does not work so hot on my machine, so I will be more careful with my manual proof-reading. --
Diannaa (
Talk )
00:43, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
reply
Completed
Annika Östberg 1265
Completed
Narol (town) 695
Completed
Telangana 5092
Completed
Burger King Products 9859
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Thurisind 2782
Completed
Final Fantasy XIII 4905
Completed
A Journey 4842
Completed
Ministry of Defence Police 2055
Completed
Alexei Kosygin 3632
Working
Croatian War of Independence 11,337
Total articles: 135
Total words: 97,937
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F
Total articles: 20
Total words: 9,427
Article list
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Working
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Total words: 0
G
Total articles: 6
Total words: 16,561
I
Total articles: 1
Total words: 1820
J
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Total words: 2264
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Total words: 1732
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Total articles: 35
Total words: 21,684
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L
Article list
Completed
Landshut War of Succession (480)
Completed
Potsdam Conference (3,155)
Completed
Moshe Katsav (3,458)
Completed
Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin (1,702) --
Diannaa (
Talk )
01:38, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
reply
Completed
1890 United States Census (1,066)
Completed
New Imperialism (6,119)
Completed
Sentinel (comics) (3,181)
Completed
National Basketball Association (7,493)
Completed
Zeliha Şimşek (624)
Completed
Sheldon Cooper (6,613)
Completed
Battle of Custoza (1866) (766)
Completed
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen (655)
Completed
Cambridge, Massachusetts (10,742)
Completed
Ki-Adi-Mundi (778)
Completed
Xanthe Elbrick (407)
Completed
Charles Burke Elbrick (943)
Completed
Abijah Gilbert (366) --
Pol430
talk to me
22:34, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
reply
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Emmanuel Louis Masqueray (1,943)
Completed
Khosrau II (1,606)
Completed
Taron (historic Armenia) (304)
Completed
Diego and Glot (1,362)
Completed
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (1,030)
Completed
Voiceless palatal affricate (386)
Completed
Egressive (245)
Completed
Argentine Confederation (171)
Completed
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (896)
Completed
Maximilian Vogel von Falckenstein (351)
Completed
General (Germany) (1,599)
Completed
National People's Army (5,187)
Completed
Dorothy Cotton (198)
Completed
Maria Torribia (607)
Completed
Zenas, Indiana (38)
Completed
Municipality (3,974)
Completed
Oropogon (196)
Completed
Kaley Cuoco (1,916)
Completed
Model 1913 Cavalry Saber (581)
Completed
John Callan O'Laughlin (378)
Completed
Mohammed Bijeh (335)
Completed
Staplehurst (701)
Completed
Aviva Chomsky (524)
Completed
Ageleia (129)
Completed
Piekło, Opole Voivodeship (72)
Completed
India Today (353)
Completed
Territorial changes of Poland immediately after World War II (317)
Completed
Coconut (song) (914)
Completed
C9 League (288)
Completed
Dete (217)
Completed
Trevor Cooper (270)
Completed
Contrato de Amor (33)
Completed
Ursula Yovich (199)
Completed
Tate (god) (11)
Completed
Bethany Anne Lind (54)
Completed
St George's Minster, Doncaster (4,131)
Total articles: 53
Total words: 80,064
Rollover words: 2,089
Article list
Completed
Restorative justice (3,741)
Completed
Johns Hopkins University (6,888)
Completed
Enterprise resource planning (2,746)
Completed
Logarithm (5,102)
Completed
History of New York (4,422) Please see
this diff for additional improvements that I made. --
Diannaa (
Talk )
03:12, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
reply
Completed
Santana discography (343)
Completed
Mi Plan (1,570)
Completed
Grigory Potemkin (6,212)
Completed
Justice Party (India) (8,758)
Completed
George Frideric Handel (3,839)
Completed
Sam Collier (288) --
Pol430
talk to me
22:36, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
reply
Completed
Augmented reality (2,577)
Completed
Packet Switched Smart Grid (248)
Completed
Miloš Forman (915)
Completed
Physioeconomics (398)
Completed
Software parametric models (415)
Completed
IMAX (4,118)
Completed
Shapley–Folkman lemma (2,281)
Completed
Sawfish (1,554)
Completed
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (1,393)
Completed
Millimeter wave scanner (1,394)
Completed
Captain Beefheart (9,082)
Completed
Barcode (2,782)
Completed
Agio (commerce) (19)
Completed
Red Hot Chili Peppers (6,044)
Completed
Sergei Prokofiev (3,992)
Completed
Causal theory of reference (964)
Completed
Seismic Interferometry (2,210)
Completed
Fencing (5,847)
Completed
College and university rankings (7,435)
Completed
Svetlana Kuznetsova (5,649)
Total articles: 30
Total words: 103,126
Rollover words: 4724
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Total words: 6,677
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Total words: 4,846
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O
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Rollover words: 9942
P
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Working
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Total words: 0
Q
Total articles: 180
Total words: 181,009
Rollover words: 181,270
Total articles: 2
Total words: 8129
R
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Total words: 25421
Rollover words: 35750
S
Article list
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Working
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Total words: 0
Rollover words: 47
Total articles: 11
Total words: 5143
Rollover words: 329
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Total words: 51,357
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Total words: 4690
Total articles: 126
Total words: 192096
T
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Total words: 2753
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Total articles: 16
Total words: 15,856
Rollover words: 7,439
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Soul Working
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Total words: 0
Total articles: 2
Total words: 12893
U
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Total words: 10,523
Rollover words: 3,273
Total articles: 11
Total words: 15,295
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Total words: 3,204
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Total articles: 1
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Total articles: 30
Total words: 29,479
Rollover words: 19
Article list
Completed
Iowa class battleship * (10,572) (spot-checks only!) --
Diannaa (
Talk )
01:40, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
reply
Completed
Tokara Pony (307)
Completed
Allied Powers (horse) (497)
Completed
Gustavo Petro (1,503)
Completed
Sir Archy (786)
Completed
Pablo Mac Donough (165)
Completed
Doon de Mayence (377)
Completed
Cossack Research Center (359) --
Diannaa (
Talk )
01:40, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
reply
Completed
Ball badminton (3,359)
Completed
Bank regulation in the United States (1,838)
Completed
Baoding Balls (467)
Completed
Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy * (5,945)
Completed
Cortisol (2,272)
Completed
Bearded Collie (1,438)
Completed
Cannabis in Australia * (5,351)
Completed
Biograph girl (278)
Completed
Bible (writing) (314)
Completed
Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia (4,549)
Completed
British Isles naming dispute (4,307)
Completed
Orthotics (3,145)
Completed
Carabinieri (1,642)
Completed
Beverage-can stove (868)
Completed
Canadian Gold Maple Leaf (991)
Completed
Economy of Kosovo (888)
Completed
The New Deal and the arts in New Mexico (876)
Completed
Barsi Light Railway (660)
Completed
Bollywood Horror Movies (638)
Completed
Birmingham pen trade (496)
Completed
Beacon mode service (432)
Completed
Bosporus aqueduct (415)
Completed
Bosnian mafia (344)
Working
Calcutta Tramways Company (2218)
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Total words: 56,079
Y
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Total words: 6,160
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